Berlin The UAE took part in a preparatory meeting in Berlin on efforts to revitalize the growth of Syria's economy.

The meeting was held in compliance with recommendations by the recent Friends Of Syria conference, held in Tunisia last February.

The UAE was represented to meeting by Director of Economic Affairs and International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Second Secretary at the UAE's Embassy in Berlin.

Representatives of the Syrian National Council, the League of Arab States and its members Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Tunisia and Jordan and donors such as the EU, the United States, Turkey, , International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) also took part in the Berlin meeting at the German Federal Foreign Ministry.